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After reading the Government Consul¬
tation Paper on discrimination based
on sexual orientation reported else¬
where in this issue we felt bewildered
and confused, on the one hand the re¬
sults of the infamous phone survey in¬
dicated that there is, indeed, a very low
acceptance of homosexuality in Hong
Kong (something any out gay person
could have told you, without the ben¬
efit of a costly survey).

Conversely, Michael Suen, the Secre¬
tary for Home Affairs, was positively
purring at the press conference when
he reiterated the step by step approach
by saying, “We would definitely not
build our measures on the basis of a
public opinion survey”. If that is truly
the case, why commission the hated
survey in the first place? It makes no
kind of sense to us.

What is clear-as crystal-is that the
public consultation exercise is over a
very short time span. The closing date
for all submissions is the 31st March.
It is also clear that if the Gay commu¬
nity really wants equal rights and pro¬
tection under the law every individual
and group must get involved in bring¬
ing pressure to bear on the Legislative
Council and the Home Affairs Branch.

There is only one group in Hong Kong
that exists solely to counter-act dis-
crimination-the Gay Coalition. Details
of their programmes can also be found
in this issue of the magazine. May we
urge you to at least give them a call
and offer whatever support and help
you feel able to commit yourself to.

Copies of the Consultation Document
are available from all district offices
and the Home Affairs Branch.

This, we are sure, is one issue that sim¬
ply cannot be ignored in the hope that
a few Gay activists will be able on their
own to ensure all of our wishes are
implemented. We must all be involved
to make sure the present and future
generations of Gays in Hong Kong are
protected by law. April 1st will be too
late to say, “I wish I had said or done
something for Gay rights.”

Contacts Magazine

GPO Box 13427, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2817-9447 Fax: (852) 2817-9120

Vol 3 Number 12

Editor

Barrie Brandon

Design & Layout

Thomas Choi

, News & Features

Danny Wong Jason Leung

Advertising & Subscriptions

Tony Ng

Contributors

II Barrie Brandon, Fifi, Femmyh Bosman, Zeij'ka,
Tom Keske, Billy Wong, George Edwards

Contents

Features

The Pink Triangle

How it started and why

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Pregnancy

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Chinese Story

Global News

Out and About

The Rat

Media Watch

What does the coming

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Personals

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Guide

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The Pink Triangle

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Argentina

Lesbianas a la Vista group marched in the annual Resistance March last week, which
honours the citizens “disappeared” under the military dictatorship that ruled the coun¬
try from 1976 to 1983. They carried a portable jail “with a dozen dolls portraying all
the murderers and torturers that are freely walking through Buenos Aires’ streets,” the
group said in a press release.

Australia

Three prisons in the Australian state of New South Wales will install condom-dispens¬
ing machines on a trial basis in February. Corrective Services Minister Bob Debus told
thQ Australian Associated Press, “Experts in communicable diseases are quite em¬
phatic that condoms will help stop prisons becoming a pool for disease which then

spreads through the community.”

Belgium

The Catholic University of Leuven has sparked controversy by
installing condom dispensers on campus. Student Relations
spokesman Prof. Dirk van Gerven called the move a responsi¬
ble approach to AIDS but others have noted that Catholic doc¬
trine forbids any sex act that is not open to the possibility of
pregnancy.

Canada

The Police Department in Vancouver, B.C.,
Canada, has assigned two officers to hold
weekly office hours at the Gay and Lesbian
Centre, reported Xtra! West. They will be there
every Tuesday, hoping to make the police more
accessible to the Gay community.

Portugal

Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres, a
Socialist, recently told reporters he has no problem
with the concept of Gay marriage and legalising it
“is not out of the question.” In other news, Portu¬
gal’s first Gay newspaper is scheduled to appear in
January, independent from any Gay organisation.

Russia

The first Gay-community centre in the former
USSR opened in Moscow Dec. 19. A project of
the Gay organisation Triangle, The Gay Com¬
munity Centre offers cultural programs and art
exhibits, runs a Gay archive and a hotline, and
provides social and medical support, said spokes¬
man Roman Kalinin. The centre also engages in
political lobbying and is helping start a chapter
of Parents Friends and Families of Lesbians and
Gays. Plans are afoot to erect a monument to the
Gay victims of Communism. “From 1933 to
1993, the anti-sodomite law was in force in the
Soviet Union,” Kalinin said. “Thousands of peo¬
ple were sent to gulags, many of them died and
the lives of the rest were crippled.”

South Africa

Two South African homosexuals have married each other in
the country’s first cross-racial Gay marriage. Mooriken is of
Indian descent and Millard white. Mooriken told Reuters both
men took their vows, taken on Friday, seriously. ‘’The main
reason for this whole wedding was not the big masquerade it
really turned out to be, but actually that we do love each other
and that the vows are more important to us”. The ceremony
took place at a Johannesburg night-club and was performed by
a church minister. After toasting each other with champagne,
the couple led their friends onto the dance floor.

Elton John , who helped raise millions of pounds for AIDS
research received a Commander of the Order of British Empire
(CBE) award. From the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list. The
list also recognises hundreds of people unknown outside their
local communities who are nominated by admirers for their
work. John was recognised “for services to music and for
charitable services”.

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Shoplifters will be
bound, gagged and
have hot wax poured
up their bottoms.

Fetish Fashion’s
warning of what will
happen to shoplifters.

Quote of The Month

“I think that this registered-partnership idea is good-
very progressive and very modem. In Britain you get
all these [gay] people wanting to get married and I
think that marriage is such a redundant concept-and a
heterosexual concept. It was created to suppress people
and especially women.”

Jimmy Somerville

\Ve are taking our annual break over
Lunar New Year. We’ll be back at the
hot presses in time for the April issue.
Until then keep the news, articles and
stories coming-our post-box and fax
machine will stay open. All orders and
enquiries will be dealt with the very
minute we get off that plane!

Will be this year held in May at a date still to be de-

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cided. It’s later than usual, not because they organis¬
ers can’t get it together but because they want more
local participation, said the Art Centre’s film depart¬
ment manager Jimmy Choi. “We’re specifically look¬
ing for local Lesbians who can work in a team to tell
us what filnis we should be showing,” he said. If you’re
interested call Jimmy Choi at the Arts Centre on 2582

Start the Chinese New Year
off with a bang. The first
party for the year of the Rat
will be held on Sunday
19 th February at the ever
popular night-spot. Usual
times and prices.

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A number of outlets ran out of stock of Contacts Magazine very
early last month. We were sorry to hear that: to all those who couldn’t
get their copy we suggest you subscribe. That way you are guaran¬
teed getting a copy and getting it early.

Male Club #4 is completely sold
out and what’s worse for those
I who didn’t buy in time. There
I isn’t going to be anymore. Ever.

Mandy Boursicot

With an innpressive five overseas shows in just two
years, Mandy’s latest show is, visions through wa¬
ter. Renowned for her beautiful and graceful nudes,
Mandy’s works inspire a vision of truth though the
nude. The collection showcases a marvellously vivid
range of work. Lush portraits of reclining nudes, lan¬
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passion, desire and fulfilment. You can witness
Mandy’s latest show, it will be at the Hong Kong
Arts Centre from 18thu24th March.

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In Germany they first came for the communists,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn’t speak up because I wash’t a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant.

Then they came for meuand by that time no one was left to speak up.”

By Barrie Brandon

Transformed by Gays
from a mark of Nazi
persecution into an
emblem of Gay libera¬
tion, the pink triangle
has gained great sup¬
port from Gay com¬
munities all around
the world. In Malay¬
sia for example the
national Gay AIDS group is the Pink Tri¬
angle.

Eighteen Million people - Jews, Africans,
Homosexuals, Gypsies, the handicapped,
POW’s, Jehovah’s Witnesses, leftists. Art¬
ists, Drug Users-were locked up in 520
concentration camps and sub-camps across
Europe, according to generally accepted es¬
timates used to teach German school chil¬
dren about Nazi Crimes.

Eleven million, about half of them Jews
gassed in extermination camps, never saw
the outside world again.

Those thought to be a threat to the Father-
land were taken prisoner and placed in con¬
centration camps. These prisoners were
from many different social and cultural
backgrounds. To distinguish between the
prisoners, the Nazis used a system of col¬
our coded cloth badges making it easy to
find their targets in the crowd. Jews were
given yellow stars; Half- Jews were given
yellow triangles; Feminists and Lesbians
were given black triangles; Gypsies were
given brown; and Gay men made to wear a
pink triangle. The green triangle was given
to ‘common criminals’ or those who had
been convicted of minor crimes, includ¬
ing drug law violators.

A declaration signed in October last year
by eight survivors, now living in Germany,
France, Poland and the Netherlands said,
“The world we hoped for did not transpire,”
They called for the memorialising and

documenting of Nazi atrocities against
Gays and others.

Between 10,000 and 15,000 Gays are be¬
lieved to have been incarcerated in the
camps. Perhaps 60 percent of those in the
camps died; meaning that even in 1945,
there may have been only 4,000 survivors.
Today, fewer than 15 survivors are known
to be alive.

“In the SS, today, we still have about one
case of homosexuality a month. In a whole
year, about eight to ten cases occur in the
entire SS. I have now decided upon the
following: In each case, these people will
naturally be publicly degraded, expelled,
and handed over to the courts. Following
completion of the punishment imposed by
the courts, they will be sent, by my order,
to a concentration camp, and they will be
shot in the concentration camp, while at¬
tempting to escape.” Heinrich Himmler, 18
February 1937. (Quoted in Michael
Burleigh and Wolfgang Wippermann, The
Racial State: Germany 1933-1945.

Their trials did not end at liberation. They
were still officially regarded as criminals,
rather than as political prisoners, since
Paragraph 175 remained in force in West
Germany until 1969. They were denied
reparations and the years they spent in the
camps were deducted from their pensions.
Some survivors were even jailed again.

A good account of Gays in the concentra¬
tion camps is given in Robert Plant’s book
''Pink Triangle: The Nazi War Against Ho¬
mosexuals''. The author, a Gay leftist Jew,
escaped from Germany in the early thir¬
ties, first to Switzerland, then to the USA.

Today he has retired and lives in New York
(The publication of this book caused Mar¬
tin Sherman to write his play Bent about
Gay men in the concentration camps.) A
personal account of what happened to Gays

- Pastor Martin Niemoller

in the concentration camps is given in
Heinz Heger’s The Men with the Pink Tri¬
angle.

In October 1991 three Gay Holocaust sur¬
vivors told their story for the first time in
We Were Marked with a Big ‘A’, a video
documentary produced for German televi¬
sion

“It is so absurd to be punished for love,”
one of the survivors said. He was arrested
after a friend broke under torture by the SS
and revealed the names of his Gay acquaint¬
ances.

Another survivor said ‘You learned to turn
off your emotions,”.

No Gay survivors told their story before
television cameras until this documentary
was produced. As late as 1969 Gays were
still being arrested by the then West Ger¬
man police under the same law used by the
Nazis to imprison thousands of German
Gays, so they kept silent.

Approximately 100,000 men were arrested
under Paragraph 175 of the German crimi¬
nal code, which allowed the imprisonment
of any “male who commits lewd and las¬
civious acts with another male.” (The law
was silent on Lesbianism, although indi¬
vidual instances of persecution of Lesbi¬
ans have been recorded.).

The pink triangle, worn inverted on the la¬
pel, is not only used as an individual sign
of pride and solidarity but also by many
Gay businesses to make it easy for Gay peo¬
ple to identify them.

Although few Gays in Hong Kong dare to
wear the pink triangle, as the Gay scene
and community develop we will be look¬
ing for ways to solidify our position. Wear¬
ing the pink triangle, first used to vilify
Gays, might be the first step on the road to
a united Gay community. H

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Pregnancy

HIV/AIDS

by Femmyh Bosman

Women with HIV (Human
Immune deficiency Virus)
have a right to make their
own decisions about preg¬
nancy, childbirth and breastfeeding. A
world wide discussion about this topic is
just starting as a result of the rapidly grow¬
ing group of HIV infected women. This
article gives some information about the
risks and benefits of different options for
seropositive pregnant women and implica¬
tions in the long term. AIDS has a strong
impact on social life. For women with HIV
the choice to have a baby or an abortion is
only one out of a range of problems they
are dealing with. In general it would be
wise to have an HIV test before getting
pregnant. A lot of women may think they
are not at risk because they have no male
sex partners and have never had a blood
transfusion. But although Lesbian love has
a lower chance for HIV transmission, there
are other ways of getting the disease. For
example when she wants to get pregnant
through self-insemination, and she doesn’t
know if her donor is HIV negative. When
a woman is aware of her HIV status she
can take precautions and look for appro¬
priate medical care during pregnancy, de¬
livery and when nourishing the baby.

A study in Thailand, conducted by the Free
University of Amsterdam and the Hotline
Centre Foundation in Bangkok, showed
that the increase of HIV affected pregnan¬
cies doubled in one year ( 1 % in 1 992, 2 %
in 1993). Health care organisations in Thai¬
land were not prepared for counselling HIV
positive pregnant women. Questions they
are dealing with are: should a sero-posi-
tive woman be advised to have an abor¬

tion? What is the risk for the child? How
can society deal with the problems of or¬
phans?

In many hospitals pregnant women are get¬
ting an HIV test routinely although, accord¬
ing to the WHO (World Health Organisa¬
tion), every person has to give permission
to do the test. Some hospitals use a stand¬
ard form in which the question is included;
“Do you have any objections against an
AIDS test?”. But whether with or without
permission, it’s hard for a woman to be
confronted with a positive test result while
pregnant Even harder to learn about the
fact through the sickness of the child.

Not all infants bom to HIV positive moth¬
ers will be infected. The average chance
for transmission of the disease is between
20-30%. In Western countries the rate is
lower and in Africa higher percentage were
found between 25-40%, probably because
of breastfeeding. It’s not possible to know
in advance if the child will be infected, a
test can show it after the baby is 1 8 months
old.

There are three ways of HIV transmission
from mother to child: in the womb, at de¬
livery and during breastfeeding.

*During pregnancy the virus can cross the
placenta. When the mother’s blood has a
high virus load than the transmission rate
is higher. Treatment of the pregnant woman
with AZT, a strong medicine against AIDS,
diminishes the transmission rate for the
child by two-thirds. But the influence of
the medicine on the development of the
child is unknown. Also the mother may be¬
come resistant to this drug by the time she
needs it.

*During delivery the transmission occurs
by mixing maternal and infant blood. An
option to diminish the chance by 50% is I
by caesarean section. However this impli¬
cates more risks for the mother.

* Breastmilk contains a low amount of HIV
virus; the extra risk for transmission is
about 15%. In many countries the child has
more chance to die because of diarrhoea
when not breastfed because of poor hy¬
giene and shortage of milkpowder. There¬
fore the WHO recommends breastfeeding
in low income situations.

With all these figures it’s easy to forget that
the chance to get an healthy baby is a lot
bigger than to get an infected child.

Decision making for an HIV positive
woman who wants a baby are very compli- I
cated. The social impact in such a situa¬
tion is enormous. Will the family or part¬
ner take care of the child when the mother
gets sick or dies? Health workers in Thai¬
land don’t expect that the number of AIDS
orphans will be as great as in Africa. Thai |
families are not as big as African families,
so grandparents should be able to look af¬
ter these children. It’s wise to arrange these
practical matters before the mother get sick.

Also the community has to learn what it
means to live with a person who has HIV/

AIDS. Normally people will be frightened
to get the disease from simple contact. A
lot of information is needed to make life
easier for those with AIDS.

Information about HIV/AIDS is available
free from WHO-DST, CH 121 1 Geneva 17, ^

Switzerland and through AIDS organisa¬
tions in Hong Kong.

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By Barrie Brandon

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Ad Rejected

One of Hong Kong’s largest and
newest newspapers, Apple
Daily, has rejected an ad from
the gay organisation Horizons.
Horizons operates a counselling hotline and
runs gay support and recreational groups.
‘They insist [on their refusal] even though
we [told them we will] be issuing press re¬
leases to all Hong Kong media stating that
Apple Daily discriminates against gays and
lesbians, and will approach legislators for
further action,” Kong said.

They rejected our advertising on the hotline
because they thought it would generate
“public fear” and it is not a risk worth tak¬
ing for “people like us” said Horizons Sec¬
retary Daniel Kong. “This is exactly what
their advertising director, Mr. David Keung
told us. We ended up putting the advertise¬
ments in the Hong Kong Daily News in¬
stead at half the cost and generated quite
good phone traffic” Daniel went on to say.

Marriage

The Economist recently ran a fea
ture article on same sex mar
riage. Reprinted, in the South
China Morning Post, without the
eye-catching cover showing two bride¬
grooms holding hands on a wedding cake.

The leading article Let them wed is a pow¬
erfully positive analysis of the rationale for
allowing Gay marriage (including a brief
mention of Hawaii), presented with “There
is no compelling reason to exclude homo¬
sexual couples from marriage, and several
compelling reasons to include them”. And
the “Moreover” section has three pages
(76-78) on “it’s normal to be queer” dis¬
cussing what it calls “the extraordinary new
ordinariness of homosexuality in many
countries”: the social and legal status of
Gay people world-wide.

It includes mentions of International Les¬
bian and Gay Association and Rex
Wockner, a Gay reporter. Rex Wockner is
a San Francisco-based journalist. Among
other things, he covers breaking news for
70 gay publications and newscasts in 35
U.S. states and 13 countries. Since 1985,
he has written for over 175 gay publica¬
tions the all over the world..

The article is followed by a whole-page
review of Andrew Sullivan’s Virtually Nor¬
mal, which no doubt helped to inspire this
mainstream coverage.

Indeed, it is all very sensible and positive,
as is the accompanying article called some¬
thing like “It’s normal to be queer”. I en¬
courage all to read these articles. The fact
that the Economist, of all institutions, is
addressing the issue of same-sex marriage
says a lot.

25% Lesbian

The totally over the top claim by
ATV reporter Emily Maitlis that
25% of the Filipino amahs are,
at least while they are away from
home, Lesbian caused what I can only de¬
scribe as the biggest gaffe of the decade-
as well as giving the Eastern Express the
largest post-bag is has ever had.

Leaving aside for the moment the overt
xenophobia that an ungodly number of
Hong Kongers display at the drop of a hat,
the claim is clearly not realistic nor does it
have any scientific base whatsoever. It was
arrived at solely by a social worker decid¬
ing that any woman who had short hair was
acting out a tom-boy attitude. That in itself
is both offensive and homophobic.

Some of the letters were very supportive,
some amusing, some horrifying and others
downright stupid. I leave it to discerning
readers of Contacts Magazine to decide
which was which.

Some of the things the letter writers said:

“How can we tell our children about bug¬
gery? How can we explain the different
women the maid brings home? And how
can we reason about the trousers, rolled up
sleeves, the hair cropped like a man, the
men’s clothes”? Linda Ching

“It is astounding what some foreigners
would do to be seen to be fighting on be¬
half of Filipinos. Why would a non-Fili¬
pino want to stand up and be heard on be¬
half of Manila’s maids”? Rose Sombrio

“For local employers to fire maids they
suspect of lesbianism is, typical Hong Kong
behaviour, since Chinese prejudice has
long been ingrained” Carla Rodiguez

“Besides, by choosing to become lesbians,
we are least keeping our population down”.
B Balagtas

“I agree that Lesbians are a threat to the
fabric of society and that people who de¬
fend their rights must be monitored” ?76>/zn
Lamond

“Lesbians and Gays are human beings so
let’s respect their feelings. It is not aston¬
ishing that Lesbians wear men’s underwear
and gays wear women’s underwear. This is
their nature so why debate this. It is up to
the individual to get involved or have a re¬
lationship with a lesbian or gay”. Nora
Dulatre

“What Filipinos do in their private time, as
long as it does not affect the work, is their
own business”. Robin Parker

“As for explaining kissing and cuddling to
children, I find it much harder to explain
war, rape, muggings and wife-beating”.
Keith Marshall

Perhaps all the letters could be summed up
by one from George Bigelow: “Those who
persecute homosexuality had better start in
their own back yard. I may not condone
homosexuality but who am I to tell some¬
one what is natural or unnatural? We need
education and understanding, not extrem¬
ist views in our society”.

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ISSUE NO. 15

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What s the
Difference?

Heaven on Earth?

Contacts Magazine 02-96

How’s

ESQ?

(Ethnic Sex
Quotient)
freely adapted
from

a similar quiz

3. Do you always insist on taking the
same role in bed?

a) Yes

b) No, we switch

c) I don’t believe in sex roles; we do eve¬
rything every way.

4. When was the last time you had sex
with another guy without having to con¬
vince your friends it really happened?

a) In the last month

b) In the last year |

c) Never

5. A guy with a hairy chest or smooth
skin (whichever you don’t have) makes
you:

a) Nauseous

b) Indifferent

c) Homy

6. If you have the choice, do you insist
on going to bars where you can meet the
kind of people that appreciate guyz?

a) Yes

b) No

c) Don’t go to bars

7. Are you a member of an East-West
club? a) Yes

b) No

8. How many copies of Gay magazines
with the kind of guyz you like, do you
buy each year?

a) As many as you can find

b) More than 1 2 copies a year

c) None

9. When in London, Amsterdam or
Paris, do you make a point of going to
an East West club there?

a) Yes

b) No

c) Of course, - 1 am a past committee mem¬
ber

14) The lover (who matches your cul¬
ture) in the film The Wedding Banquet
was:

a) the ideal lover and a well-evolved hu¬
man being

b) Not a realistic character; he was too
egalitarian

c) A spineless twerp who should have quit
the relationship long ago.

This questionnaire has been Politically
Corrected, but may have lost something in
the process and for this we apologise to the
originator and the Asian and Friends maga¬
zine from which it was adapted.

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0(3) g(q)oi(i)-8
o(3)oi(q) e(i)-9

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3(3) 8(q)0T(^)-3

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0(3) 01 (q) o(^)-ii
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o(q)oi(i)-3
9(3) o(q)oi(^)-9

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Your Score

5-20:

This could mean one of two things. Either
you have no interest in guyz from other
cultures at all, in which case you should
get out a bit more and socialise. Or, it could
mean that you’re truly a saint and don’t base
your relationships exclusively on sex. If this
is the case, you are the more attractive for
it. Don’t despair you have a low ESQ.

21-50:

Hey, at least you’re versatile. You enjoy
experimenting and don’t limit yourself to
just self abuse. Good for you!

By Dan Gawthorp

NO Peeking at the scores!
Enjoy!

1. A language barrier between you and
another guy means

a) Move on to the next person

b) A challenge to learn something new

c) A one-night stand for sure

2. Of all your relationships with other
guyz, how many were based exclusively
on sex?

a) Most of all

b) About half

c) None, I’d rather get to know a guy first
before having sex with him.

10. What is the age gap between you and
your lover, (or average if you’ve had
lots)?

a) 1 0 years or more

b) 2-5 years

c) Less than 2 years

11. Who does the cooking?

a) Me

b) Him

c) Both

12. Who does the cleaning?

a) Me

b) Him

c) Both

13. Who does the grocery shopping and
odd jobs?

a) Me

b) Him

c) Both

51-75:

You probably have more than a passing
interest in EastAVest culture, which means
you are culturally aware of other ethnic
guyz.

76-99:

You are definitely driven by Sex. Not a bad
thing, but you might want to watch your¬
self now and then. You probably have a
tendency to idealise about your dream guy.

100-140:

You are really Sex Mad about men from
other cultures; your fascination with them
is teetering on the edge of obsession. You
could really benefit from some cross-cul¬
tural sensitivity training.

BuddhisT^s

on marriage

The founder of Buddhism
was Siddhartha Gautama,
the Sakyamuni, the fully
Enlightened one. He was
bom a Prince on the Indian
sub-continent, in a country which is now
part of Nepal, more that 2,500 years ago.
It was the accepted practice for some men
to leave hearth and home and lead an as¬
cetic’s life as a wanderer, to find answers
to the mysteries of life, of birth, suffering
and death. At age 29, he tired of the pleas¬
ures of palace life and left to join the as¬
cetics. After 6 years of wandering and in¬
tense meditation, he gained Enlightenment
and became Buddha. His teachings have
been called “the Middle Way”, for he was
convinced that neither mortification of the
flesh nor the hedonistic way of life were
conducive to reaching the state of Nirvana;
the ending of the relentless cycle of rebirths
and attendant suffering, referred to as
Samsara.

He offered the Four Noble Truths which
lead to the Eight-fold Path: right view, right
thought, right speech, right action or con¬
duct, right livelihood, right effort, right at¬
tentiveness and right concentration. The
Sangha, the monks and nuns of the
Theravada School, who forsake the lay life
and follow in the footsteps of Sakyamuni,
abide by the ten main precepts and over
200 other lesser ones. One of these ten says:
“I will not indulge in any sexual activity”.
Was sex proscribed because it was a sin?
Not at all! Sex was and still is considered
the strongest of all attachments, bonds, the
glue that binds us to Samsaric life.

Practising lay Buddhists keep the 5 pre¬
cepts of Right Conduct, helping us to lead
moral lives. One of them is — “1 undertake

to observe the precept to abstain from
sexual misconduct”. So, what is sexual mis¬
conduct? Buddha’s admonition was “above
all, do no harm, to others or to oneself’, so
my understanding of sexual misconduct,
when defined by that admonition, would
include adultery, rape, child molestation
and sexual harassment. On the other hand,
it would not include monogamous Gay
sexual conduct.

Marriage is treated as a social contract, a
civil affair in Buddhist countries, and there
are no religious ramifications associated
with it. And in Theravada countries of
Burma, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Laos and
Cambodia and, to an extent, parts of Viet¬
nam, whether married or not, the lay per¬
son is expected to practice the 5 precepts
of Right Conduct.

Buddha, during his 45 years of ministry,
was reaching out to and teaching a strati¬
fied people whose social and religious lives
were controlled by a rigid caste system.

based on the accident and circumstances
of birth.

He taught that everyone, from lowborn to
highborn, man, woman and child could as¬
pire to Nirvana, even in that very life. This
was heresy, unheard of before, for he was
proclaiming Equal Rights to the noblest of
goals. He accepted everyone without preju¬
dice, either as ordained disciple or lay fol¬
lower. During his lifetime, among his fol¬
lowers were kings, queens, princes, prin¬
cesses, wealthy merchants, poor folks, peo¬
ple of all walks of life, including a leper, a
reformed and repentant murderer and 3
courtesans, whom nowadays we would re¬
fer to as call girls.

In a nutshell: Sex is not a sin. It is one of
the sensual pleasures, attachment to which
is cause for being enmeshed is Samsara and
a hindrance to achieving Nirvana.

Sexual conduct for lay Buddhists, when
viewed by the dictates of Right Conduct,
would exclude activities that would harm
others or oneself. But sexual conduct be¬
tween monogamous Gay partners would be
permissible under the third precept. Since
marriage encourages commitment and
faithfulness, thereby deterring promiscuity,
it would be a great social boon to allow, to
extend that status, to the 2 latter kinds of
partners. Society would benefit from sta¬
bilised relationships and the sense of emo¬
tional security that would ensue.

Sakyamuni Buddha’s teachings all pointed
to Equal Rights and Human Rights. And
there is nothing in his teachings that would
be considered a deterrent to same gender

marriage.

Thanks to the Hawaii Association of Interna¬
tional Buddhists _

Contacts Magazine 02-96

TGHTWAUE
OF tOVF

By Tom Keske

My lover has a bumper sticker on his car,
“Gay by Nature, Proud by Choice”. Often,
we get positive response, people honking
or giving “Thumbs up” signs. Sometimes,
there will an anti-Gay epithet written in the
fog on the windshield in the morning, or a
car full of punks yelling and

Life sometimes is so bland and mundane,
we never are tested enough to know the
answers to such questions. While the real
tests would be painful, it is a shame not to
be able to know the truth.

A dream is just a dream, but at the time, it
can be quite vivid. When it happens, you
have no idea that it isn’t real. It’s not an
experience that can be shared, but it can
tell you something about who and what
you are.

In another dream, my lover had
been killed. As I cried and
wailed, the assailants were
laughing and mocking me. I
could only say with sadness,
“Kill me, too.”

Sometimes, the phrase ‘I love
you’ is used unthinkingly, like
saying please or thank you, or
a mere pleasantry such as ‘how do
you do’? We have said them at some¬
time, I suspect, largely because it is
has been the appropriate thing to
say, or because social expectations
compel us.

Is my love real? Do I just say it? Is it more
real for other people? Most people have
moments of secret doubts, they might won¬
der if they are really competent and confi¬
dent at their professions, or have been fak¬
ing for years.

Probably, for Gay people, the secret doubts
are even worse, considering the effects of
a disapproving society that looks down
upon our relationships, and accords them
no respect. I had dinner with a straight
friend, and mentioned that I have been
with my lover for nearly 24 years,
he remarked with surprise
what a “stable relationship”
it was. But the subtle implica¬
tion was still there: Gay people
aren’t supposed to have relation¬
ships that last.

Some years ago, I was speaking to a
group of nursing students who had invited
Gay speakers. One very cynical young
woman remains etched in my memory, ask¬
ing accusingly: “Is it just sex?”. She obvi¬
ously had her mind made up, before she
asked, that it must be all sex and no love,
on the simple basis that it was two Gay men.

being taken: would you offer yourself, in¬
stead? What would you do if you saw a
gang with knives, chasing your lover, try¬
ing to kill him? Would you run to his side?

As I ran, in my dream, without the slight¬
est hesitation to my lover’s side, a voice
said to me “You aren’t armed. What are
going to be able to do against armed men?
You will only get yourself killed, as well.”
I immediately replied, with no hesitation
or doubt: “Let them kill two”.

making gestures. There is always the pos¬
sibility hanging over you, that your lover
will be found beaten or stabbed to death,
or run off the road. The thought of this hap¬
pening to someone so gentle and loving,
who means everything to you, is agony. But
he is very proud of having the sticker on

the car, be-

c au s e

Sometimes, I have odd nightmares, feel¬
ing almost as if I were a lab rat. Alien sci¬
entists trying to poke and study me, or
maybe the heavens trying to make judge¬
ments, by putting me in classic “test” situ¬
ations. What would you do if hostages were

As hideous as these nightmares
were, they were the best nightmares that
I ever had. Because, there was my lover in
the morning, still alive, still safe. And there
was I, with every last trace of secret, self¬
doubt erased from mind, the crystal clear
realisation that our love was as worthy as
that of any lovers who ever walked the
earth. The vivid dream, while not real, had
given me a new insight into reality, a new
confidence and new perspective.

Life today is certainly a very trying night¬
mare for Gay lovers. Maybe the outcome
will be something redeeming, when all the
twists, turns, and surprises of life are fin¬
ished. ■

what we

need to do, to make Gay people real to the
world, to put a human face on our kind.

Conservatives who think that we are just
being “in their face” have no idea what it’s
like to be Gay.

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And don't use anything as a lu¬
bricant that might contain oil.
Such a moisturiser like Nivea, or

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The only safe lubricant is a wa¬
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Contacts Magazine 02-96

CompuServe

Blames

Germany

The CompuServe on-line
service deleted more than
200 Internet Usenet news-
groups from its world¬
wide system on 27th De¬
cember, saying it was re¬
sponding to a “direct
mandate from the pros¬
ecutor’s office in Ger¬
many.”

Gay newsgroups were hit hard in the sweep.
Non-sexually oriented groups that were
banned include soc.support.youth.gay-les-
bian-bi, clari. news. gays, alt. homosexual,
alt.motss. bisexual, gay-net. coming-out,
gay-net. international and

shamash.gayjews.

Usenet newsgroups are message boards
where one Internet user posts a comment
and others respond minutes, hours or days
later. There is no live interaction. There are
over 16,000 Usenet newsgroups, a few of
which carry erotic stories or photos.

In a press release, CompuServe said the
censored newsgroups were “specifically
identified to CompuServe by the German
authorities as illegal under German crimi¬
nal law.”

“CompuServe did not select any groups or
determine the nature of the newsgroups that
have been impacted by this action,” the
company said. “German government offi¬
cials, as part of an investigation of illegal
material on the Internet, ordered
CompuServe to do what was necessary with
respect to specified newsgroups in order
to comply with German law.”

“German authorities are investigating
newsgroups and other Internet content that
may contain child pornography, other por¬
nographic material illegal for adults, as well
as content that although not illegal for
adults is of such an explicit nature that it is
illegal for minors,” CompuServe said.

The company pointed out that,
“CompuServe, as an access provider, is not
responsible for the origination or nature of
content on the Internet over which it has
no creative or editorial control.”

CompuServe “is investigating ways in
which we can restrict user access to selected
newsgroups by geographical location,” the
company said.

In fact, CompuServe users who know their
way around the Internet can use any number
of Internet tools to traverse cyberspace
from within CompuServe and view the
banned newsgroups elsewhere. Ultimately,
anything generally available on the Net
anywhere in the world can, one way or an¬
other, be accessed by any computer con¬

nected to the Net. The Internet was de¬
signed — by none other than the United
States of America’s Department of Defense
— to be sabotage-proof. You can’t even
destroy it with bombs; it would simply re¬
route around the devastation.

The simplest way to circumvent
CompuServe’s censorship is merely to
cross-post messages between banned and
non-banned groups — so that traffic for
alt.homosexual is carbon-copied to, for
example, soc.motss. Soc.motss is one of the
busiest gay newsgroups (“motss” stands for
“members of the same sex”); it probably
survived the German attack because it con¬
tains neither the word sex nor the word gay
and because the cybercops did not know
what “motss” means.

CompuServe has 4 million subscribers in
more than 140 countries.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defa¬
mation (GLAAD) strongly condemned
CompuServe. “CompuServe has caved into
threats from a German prosecutor, creat¬
ing havoc for lesbian and gay newsgroups
around the world,” said GLAAD’s manag¬
ing director, William Wayboum in a strong
letter of protest to CompuServe.

Denying access to or deleting these
newsgroups merely leads to ignorance and
prevents people from getting information
or help when they need it,” Wayboum sa^

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YEAR ^

of the

Eat

Wondering how your Love life will
be like in the Year of the Rat?
Or your finance? Or yonr
health? To give you some idea,
perhaps Chinese Astrology can

be of assistance.

Legend has it that when the Lord Buddha was leav¬
ing this world, twelve animals came to bid him fare¬
well. In gratitude, Buddha decided that one year
be named after each of the twelve animals and
would reflect the character of that particular ani-

By Billy Wong

pr.

mal. Anyone born in that year would also have its
qualities.

The Year of Rat produces romance, or at least sex,
for everyone; however, how successful it is depends p'
on the individual and under which animal sign he
is born.

The predictions below are light-hearted - don’t lose
too much sleep if you get a warning about your ani¬
mal sign!

Don’t however ignore the Wisdom of old China al¬
together, for it may hold more than a grain of truth.

The Rat is a real charmer. As this is his year,
h^whj^do wonders with his charms. It is a
great time to get a new job as he tends to be
lucky in his career. He will be happy in love
too, specially if he finds romance with a
Monkey. However, he should not be a greedy
rat and eat all his cheese at once. Rather he
should store his gains for next year that may
be a rainy one for him.

Not expected to be a roaringly successful
year for the Tiger despite his strength, wis¬
dom and courage. This animal should use
his instincts carefully regarding his finances
this year as the signs do not bode well for
him. He must have a good feel for his en¬
vironment before he pounces on anything.
However he will have enjoyment in his
social life and he may find a Sheep, Mon¬
key or another Tiger to touch his heart ro¬
mantically, so life is not going to be all that
bad.

A fairly balanced year. The quiet but
hardworking ox should gain some recognition of
his work or even a promotion. In the Temple of
Love, any romance may not be lasting but nei¬
ther should any problems occur. Best to lie low,
and take the philosophy, that “there’s always next
year”.

Different astrologers seem to have different predictions for the fluffy
but diplomatic rabbit. One believes it is going to be a “Year of
Betrayals” whilst another predicts it’ll be a good calm year. Yet
another predicts the innovative Rabbit will succeed in some new
scheme. In any case, he should not delve too much into finance or
trust people too much. In love, he may find it hard to trust his new
friend; better wait and see, time will tell whether he is to be trusted!
Health-wise be careful. Take care on doing new things and jour¬
neys as you may be prone to accidents this year.

r It’s all systems go for the Dragon. His flam-
) boyant character will attract Love this year -
Imk b^st do it with a Cock who practises Safer
/ Sex. His financial standing should also be
good and he should do well in his invest-
ments . Home front should be excellent and
^ the Dragon may travel far to new horizons.
So what can I say but enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!

Horses in the service or people orientated
industry should take care. In Love & Sex,
the Horse will not find it to be so straight
forward - and should, by all means, avoid
Cottaging unless he is willing to be caught
and get into trouble; financial arrangements
may be just as complicated! The Horse
likes the finer things in life but this is not
the time to overspend. Nor is it the best
time to travel, even though he likes to gal¬
lop around the world.

A howling good year for the dog. Romance
and business seem to be going
well for him. Travel is on the
cards too, specially travelling |

East. The Dog, loyal in love,
as in all other matters, is
advised to go for another/

Dog or a Monkey if he wants
to last. Making no bones
about it, one should expecft^
a golden year for him.

If the Snake had a traumatic year last year
now is the time for him to solve any
underlying problems However, he
should not expect calm for too long.
In fact it is going to be really hectic
especially for those eco-conscious
snakes. However, in the end his gains
should outweigh his loses. If the Snake
in love is keen to keep his partner, he
should be totally honest with his partner &
himself (!) and not be such a promiscuous
animal. He’s intelligent enough, so he
should think through the consequences be¬
fore doing anything.

The Sheep can expect a windfall this year, possibly from
•unexpected sources He will find sex but not love which
for a romantic animal like him, is not enough. Some
Sheep will aspire to be healthier and fitter, and will con¬
tinue to take interest in the performing arts. Travel- wise, it
should be a trouble-free year. A good year to take things easy
and relax.

May be a strenuous year for
the bird. He has to watch not
to put too many eggs in one
basket - or too much trust in
one partner he may find his
partner wastes his money.
Business isn’t going to be good for him
either. What should he do? Try being dis¬
creet and patient for the storm will soon
pass, new openings will make him a proud
bird again. In love, treasure every encoun¬
ter; romance with a Dragon is best as it is
as exotic as the cock and on the same wave¬
length.

It’s going to be a swinging good year! If it
is bananas he wants, it will be bananas he
gets, and as big as he likes them too. Not
only that, people he will meet could be
quality and important. Have romance with
a Dog, but if it is with a Tiger, be careful
for together you will create too much pas¬
sion. Your health will have ‘ups and
downs,’ and so will your financial balance.
Don’t overeat or you won’t be the swinger
that you are uyou’ll get to be a fat monkey!

A year of uncertainty really. In Chinese Horoscopes, the Pig is really a kind and generous animal but
because of his generosity, others may take advantage of him; so he should take care. What he thinks he
gained, especially in business, may be lost before he can say “Oink”. Likewise, love and be more sensitive
with your partner so you will not lose him. |||

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What is
the Gay
Coalition?

The Gay Coalition is an informal group of
volunteers who believe it is worth the time
and effort to work for the elimination of dis¬
crimination based on sexual orientation in
Hong Kong. The vision of the Coalition is
the total elimination of all areas of discrimi¬
nation based on sexual orientation.

...And is
its Pur¬
pose?

The Gay Coalition makes public statements
for the Gay Community. We are unique in
that we are not restricted by a charter which
says “we are a support group, or we are a
social organisation.” This allows us to be
an unbridled voice for our community. The
Gay Coalition is restricted only by the skills,
time, and energy of it’s members. Our sec¬
ondary purpose is to co-ordinate efforts of
Hong Kong Gay organisations in our strug¬
gle to achieve anti-discrimination laws.

Why is it
so impor¬
tant?

No other Gay Organisation exists in Hong
Kong whose goal is to eliminate discrimi¬
nation. January 24 marked the beginning of
the government’s consultation period on dis¬
crimination based on sexuality, which will
end March 3 1 . So we have a very short time
to influence the public, and make progress
in reaching our goal.

Volunteers all have different ideas of what
is appropriate or achievable. We also differ
in our personal interests, as well as ways in
which we are willing to devote our time and
energy. (Some of us prefer very low key and
low visibility strategies, but some prefer to
be more assertive.) Any effort or resource
spent to achieve our goal is welcome. Any
individual or group willing and able to work
towards our goal is welcome to become in¬
volved.

What can
you offor?

Need more
informa¬
tion?

Call and leave a message on 2801-4303. We
are very happy to explain more about our¬
selves and our efforts in English or Chinese.
Our meetings, that everyone is welcome to
attend, are scheduled for Wednesday, 13th
March, Wednesday 17th April, Wednesday
15th May, Wednesday 12th June, Wednes¬
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By George Edwards

Last week, the Home Af
fairs Branch of the Hong
Kong Government re¬
leased, after a ‘public’ survey its
long-awaited Consultation Paper
on discrimination on the ground
of sexual orientation.

Discrimination exists

In the Paper, the Government recognises
that discrimination based on sexual orien¬
tation in Hong Kong exists and is wide¬
spread. In fact, discrimination, bias and
prejudice based upon sexual orientation
exists in every category which the Govern¬
ment purported to survey, including: gen¬
eral acceptance levels of homosexuals and
bisexuals, social situations, public and pri¬
vate accommodations, employment, club
membership, education, marriage, and fam¬
ily life.

Last year, in Hong Kong’s Report to the
United Nations under the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Hong Kong promised to study discrimi¬
nation based on sexual orientation as
an “area where there is a clear need
for action.” The Paper confirms the
Government’s suspicion - that dis¬
crimination based on sexual orien¬
tation is a big problem here. This
recognition is a welcome step to¬
wards effecting measures to get
rid of that discrimination.

Need Recognised

After much public debate on the issue of
homosexuality in the 1980s, it was
decriminalised in 1990. The issue of
whether being gay is good or bad, mora

monwealth and other jurisdictions protect
against discrimination based on sexual ori¬
entation. It looks to New Zealand, Aus¬
tralia, Canada, Denmark and the United
States, which offer a wide range of legisla¬
tive and other protective means. Hong
Kong might endorse a legislative model
based on one or more of these jurisdictions.

The Government never says that legisla¬
tion will be ineffective. The only arguments
made against legislation are red herrings
— they are really arguments against homo¬
sexuality. This ignores the real issue, which
is how to protect homosexuals from dis¬
crimination.

Compliance with interna¬
tional treaty obligations un¬
der the International
Convenant on Civil and po¬
litical rights

The Government has not ruled
out anti-discrimination legisla¬
tion. Given the overwhelmingly
prejudicial and discriminatory
comments made by Survey re¬
spondents, it is logical that legisla¬
tion is appropriate and necessary.
Anti-discrimination legislation
would accord with international treaty
obligations of Hong Kong pursuant to
the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, article 2(1) (non-dis¬
crimination based on “sex... or other sta¬
tus” and article 26 (equal protection of the
law), and it is the best way to honour the
treaty obligations. The United Nations ex¬
pressed concern that in Hong Kong there
was no legislation that prohibits discrimi¬
nation based on sexual orientation, and rec¬
ommended that such legislation be adopted.

The Paper recognised there is wide-spread
discrimination in Hong Kong, that anti-dis¬
crimination laws have worked in other ju¬
risdictions, and similar laws can work in
Hong Kong. “Civic Education” is not
enoughuHong Kong needs legislation. Ef¬
fecting such legislation will help satisfy the
international treaty obligations under the
ICCPR, as the United Nations reminded the
Government last year, and would be one
step forward for Hong Kong.

The Government recognises a need
for anti-discrimination measures in Hong
Kong. The Paper hits the nail on the head
— it notes that the Survey found that pub¬
lic acceptance of homosexuality and bi¬
sexuality is low, and that only heterosexu¬
ality is normal.

That is precisely the attitude that homo¬
sexuals need to be protected against. If
public acceptance were high, there might
not be a need for protective legislation,
because there would be no discrimination.

or immoral, socially acceptable or unac¬
ceptable was settled. Resurrection of the
issue is retrograde, and redundant. ^

Education

The Government concluded that the Hong
Kong public would find it acceptable to
discriminate against homosexuals in a wide
variety of ways and situations, including
in employment, accommodation, and pro¬
visions of service. It found that it is more
appropriate to remedy dis¬
crimination by

strengthening the public’s
concept of equal opportunities for all and
civic education, rather than legislation.

Asking those with biased, prejudiced, and
discriminatory attitudes how best to rem¬
edy their prejudice is not helpful. It is like
asking the fox to hold onto the key to the
chicken coop for safe keeping. Why not
ask the victims whether they feel or are
protected?

Elsewhere

The Paper points out that the laws of Com¬

Contacts Magazine 02-96

stunned

Dear Fifi,

I went to the recent Shirley Bassey concert
at the Cultural Centre. Shirley was a little
late in arriving at the concert hall, but just
before she arrived in walked a monstrous
Drag Queen with a twenty seven inch tall
rat’s nest on her head. Do you have any
idea who that Drag Queen was? I felt so
embarrassed for her date who was obvi¬
ously blind as a bat and had no idea who
he was with. How could someone have so
much nerve?

Signed, Stunned

Dear Stunned,

You may be stunned, but she must have
been stoned. I heard several reports that
she stepped off a flying saucer from Mars,
but even Martians wouldn’t wear a blue
dress to a function where the seats are
green! My mother always told me “Blue
and green should never be seen, except on
a fairy queen.”

Seven and a half feet of amateur drag queen
does not a fun evening make. She goes by
the name Whore Nae, and used to be a
friend of mine. We were best girlfriends
until one day I asked her what happened to
my favourite black silk organza wrap? Well
she had the balls to tell me (it is hard to
believe she still has balls, and she’s hung
like a horse too...) well, she told me that
Roberto was making a new frock for her,
and he ran out of black crepe, so Whore
Nae told him to use my silk wrap. Can you
imagine that?

She went and had a dress made with both
crepe AND organza. That’s what gives

Drag a bad name! AND... And, she never
even asked me! Well I decided then and
there that charity begins at home. I don’t
care if she does have to pinch her $10 ear¬
rings from some lady hawker up on Argyle
street! And did you see those shoes she was
wearing that night? Underneath that blue
spray on glitter, was a layer of red, and then

a layer of green, and then a layer of white .

And to top it all off, she didn’t even get
that little date of hers into the bed after the
show! That’s what REALLY gives Drag a
bad name!

I on the other hand always score when I
wear a dress (isn’t that so Desmond?
Roger? K. Y? Chico? to name a few...) And
when Sarah Vaughan comes to town, you’ll
see what style is really all about!

Parity

Dear Fifi,

I’m wondering if your can give me any
pointers on putting on makeup? I like to
put on a dress occasionally and have a bit
of fun just at home, and I’d like to try some
makeup next time, but I don’t know where
to begin.

Signed, Faceless

Dear Faceless,

The best advice I can give is to find some
sucker to do it for you, preferably a cute
one. That way you can just sit there. If he’s
any good, he’ll concentrate, and won’t no¬
tice you playing with him the whole time.
Or at least he’ll pretend he doesn’t.

Next best bit of advice: do as much as you
can while you’re young. The older you get
the more difficult it is. The difference is

like painting a wall which has already been
plastered, and trying to paint a levelor
blind. In the first case, one quick swoop,
and your done, beautiful. But when you get
older, you’ll see one swoop doesn’t come
close to covering it up because there are so
many more nooks and crannies that you’ve
missed. So you go back again with more
paint, and push it into the cracks, and then
you get nervous, and your hand starts to
shake, and you can’t do a good job, so you
put more paint on the brush, and it starts to
drip everywhere, and you get more frus¬
trated, so you try another colour thinking
that’s the problem, and it’s a real mess. So
enjoy it while you can.

Finally, make sure you avoid daylight. They
say that the girls all get prettier when it gets
to be closing time, but this ain’t true for us
bom again girls.

Goodbar

Dear Fifi,

I just wanted to let you know that I was
very impressed with your authentic Hawai¬
ian outfit this past month at Club 97. You
looked absolutely delicious! But was that
tool hidden under your grass skirt also au¬
thentic, or was that just a piece of latex?

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Dear Child,

Of course it was real! My measurements
are 38, 24, 9. Just ask Desmond, or any of
his friends... ■

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coming. And if you have any more
scintillating questions, you can reach
Fifi at Box 555 Contacts Magazine.

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Gay activist Peter Tatchell of London’s
OutRage! group nailed “Four Theses
Against Church Homophobia” to the door
of Westminster Abbey last month during
the Anglican Church General Synod. (In
1517, the Protestant Reformation was
launched when Martin Luther nailed
“Ninety-Five Theses” to the Catholic ca¬
thedral in Wittenberg, Germany.)

“What’s needed is a new Reformation to
eradicate homophobia from the Church of
England,” Tatchell said. “Anglican en¬
dorsement of anti-Gay discrimination is a
corruption of morality and a violation of
the dignity of Lesbian and Gay people.”

The document demanded the church “stop
persecuting openly Gay clergy in honest
and loving relationships, end the Children’s
Society ban on Lesbian and Gay foster par¬
ents, withdraw support from anti-Gay cults
which attempt to ‘cure’ queers of their sexu¬
ality, [and] sack the bishops in the House
of Lords who voted against an equal age-
of-consent” for Gay and straight sex.

There was no immediate response from the
Church of England.

Better Understanding

Readers will have noted an on-going dia¬
logue between this magazine and Ian
McFadzean. This culminated in a letter
published in the December 1995 issue.

Since that date we have had discussions
with Ian and now have a much better un¬
derstanding with what he is trying to
achieve within the community. In particu¬
lar we have been impressed with his con¬
cern and humanitarian efforts with regard
to People With AIDS (PWA’s).

We have agreed to close a chapter in which
this magazine was, occasionally, publicly
critical of his style.

As a result of these discussions we have
come to regret the language used in the let¬
ter (published December 1995). We under¬
stand that it caused Ian embarrassment for
which we apologise.

This magazine has always provided a fo-
mm for a diversity of views within the com¬
munity and with our better understanding
of Ian’s views we are happy to continue to
work for the betterment of the commu-
nity. I

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